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Posted at 2:30 pm on July 1, 2017 by streiff Chris Matthews is probably one of the few white guys on television that can say the crap that he says and not only keep his career intact, but to even avoid anyone commenting on it. Either he has sold his soul to the devil (going price is a fifth of Old Crow), or he’s totally irrelevant, or he’s said so much strange crap that no one even notices, or he’s simply an old sot who’s lost the ability to control his impulses..

Posted at 6:35 pm on July 1, 2017 by Susan Wright I can hear heads exploding across MAGA-land. Robert Mueller, special counsel conducting the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election just grew his team by one – a New York prosecutor who formerly worked for U.S.

Posted at 7:04 pm on July 1, 2017 by streiff Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has been chipping away at the morass of non-enforcement and neglect that was Obama’s answer to border security, a policy that, oddly enough, did a lot to create the electoral wave that washed Donald Trump up in Washington, DC.

Posted at 7:59 pm on July 1, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Anyone attempting to visit a New Jersey state park today was turned away due to a state government shutdown of all non-essential services Saturday. Those already camping, or with reservations for the weekend, were turned away or asked to leave on Friday night. Parks affected included popular Island Beach State Park and the state’s famous Liberty State Park, which is an access point to the Statue of Liberty, on 4th of July weekend. Gov.

Posted at 9:41 pm on July 1, 2017 by streiff IN 2015 there were 170 homicides committed with a firearm in the state of Wisconsin. Of those, 125 took place in the city of Milwaukee (not to be confused with the county of the same name). So, while Milwaukee is not the scene of a low-level conflict, like Chicago, it still has a significant homicide problem. So it was no surprise that community leaders held a town hall meeting to discuss ways of stopping the violence. One of the participants was Milwaukee police chief Ed Flynn.

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted at President Trump on Saturday, and refuted the president’s claim that the media is trying to get him to stop tweeting. “Dear dumb as a rock [Trump]: The news media LOVES that you use social media.

Civil rights advocates are raising alarm over President Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division. Trump nominated attorney Eric Dreiband, who has represented corporations on matters such as civil rights and employment discrimination, to lead the DOJ’s civil rights division on Thursday. However, the official who led the division under former President Obama issued a statement saying Dreiband is “the wrong person for the job.” “He has opposed important legislation to safeguard our civil rights.

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill mocked President Trump calling him "crazy" and "dumb as a rock"— the same insults he hurled at MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough during a tweetstorm that sparked bipartisan outrage.

President Trump used his first 4th of July speech in office on Saturday to honor veterans, and continue to hit the media. “The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House, but I’m president and they’re not,” Trump said, headlining the Celebrate Freedom Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. “The fact is the press destroyed themselves because they went too far.

Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro confronted White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Saturday about President Trump’s presence on Twitter in the wake of his recent highly personal attacks against MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on the platform. “The president at this point has, I think, made it clear what his strengths are and he needs to stay focused on speeches like this, and not get crazy on Twitter,” Pirro said, referencing Trump’s first 4th of July speech as p